New Delhi, May 11 -- Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday launched a sharp attack on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, calling him "the most rejected commodity in Indian politics", after the latter criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "seven appeals" made during an address in Secunderabad.

Speaking to reporters, Fadnavis said Rahul Gandhi had repeatedly been rejected by the people in elections and asserted that the country stood firmly behind Prime Minister Modi.

"Rahul Gandhi is the most rejected commodity in Indian politics, rejected by all, in every single state. It seems to me that he is simply a product that the people have cast aside. In a democracy, only those whom the people accept truly matter. So, when it co...